fennel wrote:What would make it a mandate? The last I read Obama had won the popular vote as well.

Well, the whole "mandate" thing is kind of silly in most instances, but an overwhelming popular vote win is what I think is a clear mandate in a traditional sense. Without looking back at numbers, pretty sure Reagan had one of those in, uh, was it 84? 80? One of them.

rrnate wrote: That's what's so mystifying about this whole campaign...the polling consistently showed Obama squeaking out wins in almost all of the contested spots and it really felt like the GOP didn't know how to effectively move the needle.

Because they didn't believe the polls and didn't think they were behind. This from the same crew that denies science, so not too surprising.

I don't know if they believed the polls or not. I do know that they believed that their supporters were much more motivated to get out and actually vote than the Democrats. They believed that Obama's voters were demoralized, if not also shiftless and lazy.

Thank you again Ned! Republicans are just too tiny minded to see the huge difference between "Team Rape" and Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy. This is just so awfully sad for them that I will cry big crocodle tears for the likes of Akin and Mourdock. Any other examples Ned? Keep em coming!

kittenwithawhip wrote:Thank you again Ned! Republicans are just too tiny minded to see the huge difference between "Team Rape" and Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy. This is just so awfully sad for them that I will cry big crocodle tears for the likes of Akin and Mourdock. Any other examples Ned? Keep em coming!

The left and the Democrat Party embraces and indeed lionizes two of the most abusive misogynists in U.S. political history.

Women who defend these pigs share the same disorder with women who continute to defend abusive boyfriends.